Beverage-dispensing apparatus



oct. 11, 1927. 1,045,000

L. W. HASSENSALL BEVERAGE VDISPENSING APPARATUS Filed Dec. 12. 1924 Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

LOUIS W. HASSENSALL, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

BEVERAGE-DISPENSING APPARATUS.

Application a'iea December i2, 192e. seriai No. 755,538.

readily installed upon any soda water founy tain counter or other convenient support and,

by the use of which, beverages may be dis-V pensed at a lower maintenance cost than is possible by means of the -ordinary apparatuses now employed. It is customary, in dispensing fruit juices and other beverages from large-sized bottles to invert the bottle and support the same upon a refrigerating unit having a chamber 'to receive the contents of the bottle and from which chamber the fruit juices or other beverages may be drawn by a suitable faucet. However, a dispensing` apparatus of this type presents the disadvantage that the receiving chamber must be frequently cleaned, and, in any event, the refrigerating unit must be iced at least once a day, which is an item of expense which the present invention contemplates eliminating. In view of the disadvantage noted, the present invention has as one of its objects to provide means for the support of the bottle containing the fruit juiceor other beverage in an inverted position, and delivering the beverage through a coil which is located within an ice chest or cabinet beneath the counter upon which the supporting means is mounted and in which chest the attendant at the counter ordinarily places small bottles of beverages, the coil terminatingin a faucet through which the beverage may be drawn, and the support constituting a temporary container forthe beverage delivered from the bottle. inasmuch as a druggist or confectioner is required, in any event, to keep bottles of beverages in an ice chest or other compartment beneath the counter, and must daily ice the said chest or compartment, the provision of a cooling coil, such as contemplated by the invention, and the arrangement of the coil within said icc chest or compartment, effects, will be readily understood, an economy in ice as well as obviating the necessity of icing not only the compartment but also the refrigerating unit ordinarily employed iii supporting large bottles of beverages. Y

Another object of the .invention is to provide novel means whereby tne combined temporary container and support for the bottle may be held against displacement upon the counter without the necessity, however, of in any way mutilating the counter in obtaining this result.

-Another object of the invention is to so" form. the beverage container at its top as to provide for the secure support of the inverted bottle of beverage and cushionV the bottle so that there will be no lillihood'of fracture of the same at the time Athe saine is inverted. i

Another important object ofthe invention is to so forml the container, interiorly, as to provide against the accumulation of any sediment in the bottom thereof, so that it will be unnecessary to frequently wash out the container. Y

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a. view partly in elevation and partly in section, illustrating the dispensing apparatus embodying the invention. u

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional vieW taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 3 is a vertical front to rear sectional view through the base p'ortion'of the container and the counter upon which the same Yis mounted, the view illustrating a modified means for of the containerl with relation to the counter.

ln the drawings, the temporary container for the beverage is indicated in generalby the numeral l, and the saine is preferablv of cast metal andylined with porcelain 'or glass 'and enameled exteriorly. The container comprises a hollow cylindrical body 2 which has its upper portion circumferentially bulged, as indicated by the numeral 3, so as to provide an ornamental shoulder and an inwardly projecting substantially hori` Zontal annular supporting flange et which defines the mouth of the container and which, likewise, constitutes a means for supporting the beverage bottle, which is indicated by the numeral 5. The flange 4 is formed with a continuous rabbet 6 in which is fitted a ring` of soft rubber, the ringbeing preferably circular in cross section and of a" diameter to support the shoulder of the bottle without `likelihood of the bottle coming into contact with the upper side of the flange 4.

The base of the container body 2 is indipreventing displacement cated by the numeral 8 and the said base constitutes an integral part with the wall of 1.7formed with a preferably round boss indi-1V the body Vand is outwardly bulged along vertically curved lines, as illustrated in Figure 1, and has a, horizontally disposed inwardly projecting annular flange 9 defining catedmby the numeral 12, the' boss being, in turn, drilled and ftapped: to provide a threaded opening 13 and a nipple 14C is threaded into theopening 13 has one end projecting a short distance beyond they verti-y 1 calface ofthe boss12fforapurpose to be presently explained. i Y

' Thebody isiformed within its base portionwith a bottom which is indicatedby thel numeral 1 5, and by Yreference to Figure 1 .of

Vthe drawings, it will be observed that th-is bottom isv inclined downwardly and rear.-

wardly from` the forward -side of the container `toward the rea-r side thereof, so that 1 lno sediment will collect upon the bottom but will drain off. through the nipple 14, it being observed thatthe lower siderof the bore of the nipple is locatedi'slightly below the inclined planeoccupied by the upper VSurface i j of the bottom. v15, as indicated by the nu- AIneral 1, soasto insure of-V all of the beverage `beingl exhausted from' the container' when occasion requires, and thereby insure offreshness oii the contents by avoiding the slightestaccumulation of residue.

lThe nipple 14 is exteriorly threaded asini` dicated by the numeral f15, at its projecting outerV end, and -thisend is likewise-exteriorly of conical; formy at its extremity, as indi- `cated by theV numeral 16. The numeral 17 indicates a coupling" which isinteriori-y threaded` at one end and at its other end is reduced in. diameter to provide ashoulder 18 the reduced end of the coupling being rotatablyffitted to one end of a block ltin pipo-.19 Whitlh is formed to provide a coil 20. The endof. the pipe isflared, `as at 21,- and a, collar :22 preferably of brass is fitted to .the saidend ofthe pipe and isinteriorly flared i at one end to seat behind the flared.- enjd of the pipe, Vthe other endlof` thecollar engagingagainst the shoulder 18 of. the coupling 1*( andt said. coupling V being threaded onto the 'projecting` end 'of the nipple 14;. and

tightened to tightly clamp? the flared portion of the pipe betweenthe conical extremity of the nipple and thefijlared interior of the col lar 22, and thereby provide a luid-tight connection between the pipe and the ni-pple.

The apparatus is supported upon the top ofa counter, whichlis indicated in the'drawingsfbythe. numeral 23,. andv arranged beneath the counter top. is the usual ice. chest indicated by the numeral 24, in which bottled beveragesV are `ordinarily packed for cooling. The pipe 19 is led downwardly beside the rearedge of the counter top and into the ice chestt, where it is formed into the coil 2Q, as before stated, and the lower end lof this coil i's extendedrearwardly throngh an opening-25 formed in the rear wall of the ice chest and a faucet 26 is fitted in an appropriate manner to the said end of the coil. Y

At this point,.i,t willgbe .evident that' no refrigerating chamber o1'k other mediuml is yemployed in ,connection with lthe container 1 but that advantageis taken ,of the corrvenlentV location of the ice chest beneath the counter top, to serve as a .ooolingmedium for the beverage passing through the coil 2O, with the resultant economy heretofore rey fer-red to-. 'Y c .In that formI of the invention show-n in Figures 1. and 2 nof thejdrawings, .the means.

provided for preventing dis,plajcementYof the container 1 when disposed tipon a" counter t0n @Hermes e rad 217 of Soft rubber haring a-tlat circumferential marginal portion orV rim 28 surrounding anupwardly bulgedb intermediate portion 29the convex side of which is presented upwardly and 'the con-l cave side toward. the vsurface of; the counter topf The dimensiorl ofthe. radi??? are Such that when the base liange 9 of the container is disposed -upon theinarginalportion 28 of.

the rad, the intermediate r0l=t0n 29 thereof, Will project upwardly a Short distano@ int@ the opening 10, vlrrranged within theV base of thel body 2 beneath the bottom 15 and resting uponv the intermediate portion 29 of the pad 2'?, islarectangnlar wood .disk 8O kofslightlyless diameterfthan the opening 10,'v and the saidbottom 15 is formed approximately centrally with an opening 31 normally closed a cork 32 whicln'however, may be removed, when the .container is empty and at the time the container is installed upon the counter23,.so as to permit of downward pressure being exerted upon the disk 30, bythe aid of a knob 33 thereon, to depress the upwardly, bulged intermediate portion 29of thev pad 27, thereby expelling.

air from the space beneath the said portion of the pad', tofacilitate which, the baseof thepcontainer is slightly raised' at one side by the insertion of some instrument which can be easily removed after the air has been expelled. When the disk 30 is relieved of pressure,Y the tendency of the bulged inter-` mediate portion 29 to reassume its` fully bulged form, will result in a partial vacuum being created and thus cause iirin adherence of the pad, at its marginal portion, to the" counter. :The cork 32 is, of course,replaced after the container has beenv installed, and the apparatus as a whole is' then ready for use, .Y

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, a strip 34 of metal is seated in notches 35 formed in the under side of the base ange 9 oi' the container and secured in place by screws or bolts 36, or any other suitable fastening elements, and the end portions of this strip or bar are bent downwardly at right angles as at 37, so as to engage the front and rear edges of the counter top, thereby preventing any displacement of the container,

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A dispensing stand including an ice receptacle having a top support and a wall formed with an ice lilling opening at the top, a cooling coil in said receptacle having one end extending upwardly through thev opening and providedwith a coupling above the support for attachment to a source of supply, the coil having a dispensing rtap through the wall of the ice receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

LOUIS W. HASSENSALL. [n s] 

